SAT

1. 3 Sections • Critical Reading • 70 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section) • Passage-based reading and sentence completion • 200-800 points • Mathematics • 70 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section) • Multiple-choice questions and student-produced responses • 200-800 points • Writing • 60 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 10-min. section) • Multiple choice questions (35 min.) and student-written essay (25 min.) • 200-800 points SAT

2. CRITICAL READING • 70 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section) • Passage-based reading and sentence completion • 200-800 points • The SAT critical reading section gives you a chance to show how well you understand what you read. There are two types of multiple-choice questions in the critical reading section: • Sentence completion questions test your vocabulary and your understanding of sentence structure. (19 questions) • Passage-based reading questions test your comprehension of what is stated in or implied by the passage, not your prior knowledge of the topic. (48 questions)

3. Mathematic • 70 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 20-min. section) • Multiple-choice questions and student-produced responses • 200-800 points The mathematics section of the SAT contains two types of questions: Multiple-choice questions (44 questions) Student-produced response questions appear without answer choices. You'll use your answer sheet to "grid in" your solution. (10 questions)

4. Writing • 60 min. (two 25-min. sections and one 10-min. section) • Multiple choice questions (35 min.) and student-written essay (25 min.) • 200-800 points • The SAT writing section also includes three types of multiple-choice questions: • Improving sentences (25 questions) • Identifying sentence errors (18 questions) • Improving paragraphs (6 questions)

5. Practice Test for SAT http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/test.html

6. SAT SUBJECT TEST http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two.html

7. ACT The ACT (No Writing) consists of four multiple-choice tests: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. The ACT Plus Writing includes the four multiple-choice tests and a Writing Test.

8. English Six elements of effective writing are included in the English Test: punctuation, grammar and usage, sentence structure, strategy, organization, and style. The questions covering punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure make up the Usage/Mechanics subscore. The questions covering strategy, organization, and style make up the Rhetorical Skills subscore. Usage/Mechanics Punctuation (13%). Questions in this category test your knowledge of the conventions of internal and end-of-sentence punctuation, with emphasis on the relationship of punctuation to meaning (for example, avoiding ambiguity, indicating appositives). Grammar and Usage (16%). Questions in this category test your understanding of agreement between subject and verb, between pronoun and antecedent, and between modifiers and the word modified; verb formation; pronoun case; formation of comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; and idiomatic usage. Sentence Structure (24%). Questions in this category test your understanding of relationships between and among clauses, placement of modifiers, and shifts in construction. Rhetorical Skills Strategy (16%). Questions in this category test how well you develop a given topic by choosing expressions appropriate to an essay's audience and purpose; judging the effect of adding, revising, or deleting supporting material; and judging the relevance of statements in context. Organization (15%). Questions in this category test how well you organize ideas and choose effective opening, transitional, and closing sentences. Style (16%). Questions in this category test how well you select precise and appropriate words and images, maintain the level of style and tone in an essay, manage sentence elements for rhetorical effectiveness, and avoid ambiguous pronoun references, wordiness, and redundancy.

9. Math The ACT Mathematics Test is a 60-question, 60-minute test designed to measure the mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken by the end of 11th grade. The test presents multiple-choice questions that require you to use reasoning skills to solve practical problems in mathematics. You need knowledge of basic formulas and computational skills to answer the problems, but you aren't required to know complex formulas and perform extensive computation. You may use a calculator on the Mathematics Test. See ACT's calculator policy for details about permitted and prohibited calculators. If you use a prohibited calculator, you will be dismissed and your answer document will not be scored. You are not required to use a calculator. All of the problems can be solved without a calculator.

10. Reading The Reading Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures your reading comprehension. You're asked to read four passages and answer questions that show your understanding of: what is directly stated statements with implied meanings Read more about Reading Test content. Specifically, questions will ask you to use referring and reasoning skills to: determine main ideas locate and interpret significant details understand sequences of events make comparisons comprehend cause-effect relationships determine the meaning of context-dependent words, phrases, and statements draw generalizations analyze the author's or narrator's voice and method The test comprises four prose passages that are representative of the level and kind of reading required in first-year college courses; passages on topics in social studies, natural sciences, prose fiction, and the humanities are included. Each passage is accompanied by a set of multiple-choice test questions. These questions do not test the rote recall of facts from outside the passage, isolated vocabulary items, or rules of formal logic. Instead, the test focuses on the complementary and supportive skills that readers must use in studying written materials across a range of subject areas.

11. Science The Science Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures the skills required in the natural sciences: interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem solving. You are not permitted to use a calculator on the Science Test. Read more about Science Test content. The test assumes that students are in the process of taking the core science course of study (three years or more) that will prepare them for college-level work and have completed a course in Earth science and/or physical science and a course in biology. The test presents seven sets of scientific information, each followed by a number of multiple-choice test questions. The scientific information is presented in one of three different formats: data representation (graphs, tables, and other schematic forms) research summaries (descriptions of one or more related experiments) conflicting viewpoints (expressions of several related hypotheses or views that are inconsistent with one another) The questions require you to: recognize and understand the basic features of, and concepts related to, the provided information examine critically the relationship between the information provided and the conclusions drawn or hypotheses developed generalize from given information and draw conclusions, gain new information, or make predictions

12. Writing The Writing Test is a 30-minute essay test that measures your writing skills—specifically those writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses. The test consists of one writing prompt that will define an issue and describe two points of view on that issue. You are asked to respond to a question about your position on the issue described in the writing prompt. In doing so, you may adopt one or the other of the perspectives described in the prompt, or you may present a different point of view on the issue. Your score will not be affected by the point of view you take on the issue. Not required by all colleges

13. ACT Practice Test http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html

14. ACT or SAT Here are some of the factors that make the SAT and ACT very different breeds: The ACT includes a science reasoning test; the SAT does not. The ACT math section includes trigonometry. The SAT tests vocabulary much more than the ACT. The SAT is not entirely multiple choice. The SAT has a guessing penalty; the ACT does not. The ACT tests English grammar; the SAT does not.

15. ACT or SAT